All I want for Christmas ...

Stock-taking time for Hollande as he holds his last cabinet meeting of the year. The French papers focus on his pledge to reverse the rise in unemployment. Will that promise be realised? One cartoon shows him with a Christmas present saying that is all he wants. Also, Hollande expresses 'sincere regrets' after a gaffe on Algeria. And we look at Libé's coverage of Mikhail Khodorkovsky's release.

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